Reconstructing the presidency -- Part I, The President. Foreign state influence ; Financial conflicts of interest ; Tax disclosure ; The press ; The pardon power -- Part II, President-Justice Department relations. Justice Department independence ; The Special Counsel ; The bureaucracy against the President ; Investigating past administrations ; The White House Counsel -- Part III: The President and Congress. War powers and nuclear weapons ; Vacancies reform ; Other reforms -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: summaries of reform proposals -- Appendix B: texts of selected proposed reforms